Buckinghamshire Record Society

Publishing historical texts, calendars, and indexes

Volume 16: The Letter-Books of Samuel Wilberforce, 1843-68 (1970), 438+xviii pp

edited with an introduction by R.K. Pugh assisted by J.F.A. Mason

Published jointly with Oxfordshire Record Society

The bishop's letters record his administration of his diocese and at the same time are most entertaining. Immense industry and absorption of detail enabled him to supervise the affairs of almost every parish. An extraordinary picture of clerical life emerges.

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